Based on a study of 50 micro and small enterprises in the Greater Accra region. Explores the quality of work such enterprises offer and examines the potential demand for services that could enable workers and employers to improve their quality of work. more...

Based on national surveys of women entrepreneurs and micro-finance clients in Nepal (135 clients) and Pakistan (104 clients). Examines the impact of micro-finance and microenterprise development on the economic and possible social empowerment of women in the two countries, highlighting differences and similarities. more...

Exmines entrepreneurship support programmes in developed countries in order to work out recommendations for developing countries. Identifies constraints facing entrepreneurs and discusses the characteristics of a successful microenterprise. Investigates performance criteria used to evaluate good practice in microenterprise promotion and describes methodologies... more...

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Addis Ababa Forum in June 2003 focused on the role of women entrepreneurs in private sector development, poverty reduction, and sustainable growth and development. It provided an opportunity for the AfDB and the International Labour Office (ILO) to join forces using their complementary expertise in support... more...

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Addis Ababa Forum in June 2003 focused on the role of women entrepreneurs in private sector development, poverty reduction, and sustainable growth and development. It provided an opportunity for the AfDB and the International Labour Office (ILO) to join forces using their complementary expertise in support... more...

Provides a synthesis of the findings from the WED (Womens Enterprise Development) Study entitled "Job, Gender and Small Enterprises in Africa", carried out in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia in 2002. Identifies ways in which governments, the ILO, donors, NGOs and the private sector can improve the prospects of womens entrepreneurship.... more...

The papers in this e-book arise from a series of Symposia on Current Developments in Ethnographic Research jointly organised by the Universities of Liverpool and Keele. The symposium originated due to a concern about the ethical issues confronted by researchers in an increasingly regulated world and also the problems experienced by students in writing... more...

Given the rise of Far Eastern economies as significant global players and the changing landscape of global economic and financial markets, the timing of this e-book could not have been better. As the world economy continues to adjust to the credit crisis, with consequences for all countries across the globe (witness manufacturing companies in China... more...

Included in this ebook are several articles that address current market microstructure issues in various financial markets around the world. These papers provide further empirical evidence on the significant impact that the structure and design of markets can have on liquidity provision, transaction costs, and a firms cost of capital, most notably... more...